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Breaking the Spell is Jane Stork's
extraordinary life story. Equally moving and disturbing, it chronicles
the rise and fall of the religion Rajneeshism and the Rolls Royce guru,
and Jane's part in the events that led to its collapse.

Growing up in post-war Western Australia, Jane Stork had a
conventional Catholic upbringing, and married her university sweetheart
at age 21. Embarking on the familiar path of marriage and raising
children, Jane's semblance of a normal life began to unravel as she
entered her thirties. She sought answers at a meditation centre, and
quickly became devoted to the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,
changing her name, adopting the orange robes of a sannyasin,
and uprooting her family to live first in an ashram in India and then
in the Bhagwan-created city of Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, USA. For Jane,
what started out as a journey seeking spiritual enlightenment began to
descend into darkness as she sacrificed her marriage and children, and
eventually – through a monstrous act of attempted murder – her freedom.

After serving time in the US, Jane started a new life in Germany,
but soon realised she could never truly be free until she had faced up
to the past. With an international arrest warrant hanging over her
head, and a son who is gravely ill, Jane finally does so with
devastating clarity.